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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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George Gissing
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XI.
Would
I
live
it
over
again,
that
life
of
the
garret
and
the
cellar?
Not
with
the
assurance
of
fifty
years'
contentment
such
as
I
now
enjoy
to
follow
upon
it!
With
man's
infinitely
pathetic
power
of
resignation,
one
sees
the
thing
on
its
better
side,
forgets
all
the
worst
of
it,
makes
out
a
case
for
the
resolute
optimist.
Oh,
but
the
waste
of
energy,
of
zeal,
of
youth!
In
another
mood,
I
could
shed
tears
over
that
spectacle
of
rare
vitality
condemned
to
sordid
strife.
The
pity
of
it!
And--if
our
conscience
mean
anything
at
all--the
bitter
wrong!
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